Setting ideas for this baguette chrysoberyl?

[Mjay]

Yes! Omg in 22K yellow gold. Wouldn't be super durable, but it would be so stunning.

Yes!!! Exactly what I was picturing. It would be incredible

 

[Niel]

i will collect my setting ideas but I would set this east west and I would set it in white metal.
Yellow will not flatter the green in the stone and rose gold will imho make it look too busy.

 

[Niel]

I like east west center with n/s side bags as one option.

 

[Niel]

I still think this would be flattering in an E/w orientation but I’ve always liked this. Straight bags but also some pave.

 

[Niel]

Simple tapered bag

 

[Niel]

i think e/w you could also get away with a geometric detail like tbis on the side. NS I think it would be a tad thin

 

[Niel]

Another east west option (side spray )

 

[Timor]

i will collect my setting ideas but I would set this east west and I would set it in white metal.
Yellow will not flatter the green in the stone and rose gold will imho make it look too busy.

Thank you so much Niel! These are beautiful. I think I see the first one most with this stone. Now I'm torn between stack vs two step vs EW, it's so hard!

 

[Timor]

Remembering this stone that first urged me to post on PS. It's sitting in my drawer as I did other stones with more immediate inspirations. My mind's been coming back to it these days though, and people gave so many amazing ideas. I think this project needs to get in the pipeline!
Still torn between potential settings though

 

[LilAlex]

Same time next year?

 

[Timor]

Same time next year?

I know Not another year though. Now if I can just make up my mind whether to do it NS or EW...

 

[Timor]

Same time next year?

After some thinking and tea break I am seriously leaning towards a EW geometric design. My inspiration pic is this one:


And I plan to add white and light purple side stones to make up for the surface length. Rough idea:


Yes this is definitely rolling

 

[Dreamer_D]

I love how playful and creative you are with your jewels. This will look gorgeous. Do you have a trusted local vendor who you work with for your designs?

 

[Timor]

I love how playful and creative you are with your jewels. This will look gorgeous. Do you have a trusted local vendor who you work with for your designs?

Thank you! I think this is the most fun part of my CS journey. And people's inputs have been very helpful, like examples of EW settings and adding more color. The vendor I work most with is not local-local but they are in the country. At first it's just because I sourced the stone from them, but so far things have worked out fine. They have not done completely-new built-from-concept design for me (the one time I tried they just copied the inspo pic I sent) but if I gave them pics and clear descriptions of tweaks I want they are able to fill out the design and execute.

 

[LilAlex]

Spouse has an open-work ring that reminds me of that -- tubular and not solid, though -- and she loves the design. Yours will be better balanced than hers, which is a little floppy but worth it!

 

[Timor]

Spouse has an open-work ring that reminds me of that -- tubular and not solid, though -- and she loves the design. Yours will be better balanced than hers, which is a little floppy but worth it!

Very cool! Reminds me of a french horn I must ask about the stone though, is it a star sapphire?

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

Spouse has an open-work ring that reminds me of that -- tubular and not solid, though -- and she loves the design. Yours will be better balanced than hers, which is a little floppy but worth it!

That’s a gorgeous cab!

 

[LilAlex]

I must ask about the stone though, is it a star sapphire?

Yes -- a very good but not great one. I don't have a good face-on view. The star is sharp but a little wobbly. Apologies for the threadjack but I thought it could be helpful.

That’s a gorgeous cab!

Thank you, @Mrsz1ppy! It's translucent with a funky 70s (?) shape and it has a dark (well, clear, but it looks dark) stripe diagonally across the face. It's an oddball.

 

[Timor]

Updating with the draft CAD. Would appreciate any opinions on improvements!
I debated on some design on the side band but as you could still see a tiiiny bit sides from the top I was concerned it would take away from the effect.
The side stone color tone I would need to choose from real life pictures after the design is finalized. They would need to be cut. I am imagining a purple on the lighter side. Thoughts?

 

[LilAlex]

Will it be closed-back? I don't see that too much with a transparent and light-colored faceted stone.

And, while it is very creative, I'm not sure how I feel about the design of the ends. I think symmetric pink arrowheads pointing "in" or "out" or in the same direction -- but maybe I lack imagination... I feel like the one end is missing a piece or a stone is broken.

I love the semi-hidden stones underneath. And I assume that the cross-section of the back is curved and not beveled; I'm presuming that was saving some CAD design minutes.

 

[Timor]

Will it be closed-back? I don't see that too much with a transparent and light-colored faceted stone.

And, while it is very creative, I'm not sure how I feel about the design of the ends. I think symmetric pink arrowheads pointing "in" or "out" or in the same direction -- but maybe I lack imagination... I feel like the one end is missing a piece or a stone is broken.

I love the semi-hidden stones underneath. And I assume that the cross-section of the back is curved and not beveled; I'm presuming that was saving some CAD design minutes.

Thanks LilAlex! Yes it's designed to be closed back, as I feel there is a window and since the color is light my hand color kinda takes away from the green... I've been told that metal in the back helps with that. Have I overdone it?
I'm feeling okay with the asymmetric design just based on the CAD, will think a bit more.
The back is beveled though, I was trying to have the whole ring consist of mostly straight lines.

 

[Timor]

Will it be closed-back? I don't see that too much with a transparent and light-colored faceted stone.

And, while it is very creative, I'm not sure how I feel about the design of the ends. I think symmetric pink arrowheads pointing "in" or "out" or in the same direction -- but maybe I lack imagination... I feel like the one end is missing a piece or a stone is broken.

I love the semi-hidden stones underneath. And I assume that the cross-section of the back is curved and not beveled; I'm presuming that was saving some CAD design minutes.

On second thought, I am going to try changing it back to symmetric triangles, while also adding an opposite pair of white triangles to the side band.

 

[Avondale]

I was trying to have the whole ring consist of mostly straight lines.

Just make sure to consider how comfortable it would be to wear this way. You'll have a relatively thin and entirely straight piece of metal pressing on the top of your finger, at the very least it will leave a mark in your skin after you take it off.

I'm feeling okay with the asymmetric design just based on the CAD, will think a bit more.

I like the idea of asymmetry in general. The first design, I agree with @LilAlex, looks as if the rectangular purple stone chipped. But I don't think the asymmetry in itself is the problem, more that the proportions look random.

Asymmetry can work very well when it's intentional and it shows. Then it becomes a form of artistic expression, rather than incidental and chaotic. Just to illustrate what I mean, on one side the proportion between purple and white is 50/50, but on the other it is not. If I keep the proportions on both sides equal, but change the shapes, we end up with something like this:

 

[LilAlex]

Asymmetry can work very well when it's intentional and it shows.

@Timor, I think @Avondale gives better (well, more nuanced) answer than mine. I am not opposed to asymmetry in general; I think the example above looks more "designed." Not sure how it works with the stones that you have.

I am not opposed to the closed back. I always worry about rings that I can not clean but I'm not sure how much of a thing that is.

And I am not opposed to the beveled rather than curved back, if that's the look you are after (all straight lines).

 

[Timor]

Just make sure to consider how comfortable it would be to wear this way. You'll have a relatively thin and entirely straight piece of metal pressing on the top of your finger, at the very least it will leave a mark in your skin after you take it off.



I like the idea of asymmetry in general. The first design, I agree with @LilAlex, looks as if the rectangular purple stone chipped. But I don't think the asymmetry in itself is the problem, more that the proportions look random.

Asymmetry can work very well when it's intentional and it shows. Then it becomes a form of artistic expression, rather than incidental and chaotic. Just to illustrate what I mean, on one side the proportion between purple and white is 50/50, but on the other it is not. If I keep the proportions on both sides equal, but change the shapes, we end up with something like this:

Thank you Avondale! I love the adjustment you made and might just copy it (either this or the symmetric triangles with added side stone on the band.)

@Timor, I think @Avondale gives better (well, more nuanced) answer than mine. I am not opposed to asymmetry in general; I think the example above looks more "designed." Not sure how it works with the stones that you have.

I am not opposed to the closed back. I always worry about rings that I can not clean but I'm not sure how much of a thing that is.

And I am not opposed to the beveled rather than curved back, if that's the look you are after (all straight lines).

All of them valid points that I did not consider LilAlex, thanks a lot! Does dust get in closed backs when they are, I dunno, closed?

 

[LilAlex]

Does dust get in closed backs when they are, I dunno, closed?

Not dust -- liquid seeping around the stone like when you wash your hands. I know the bezel can be snug but I don't know if it is watertight -- or if starts out virtually watertight but then life happens with a few bumps to the stone or bezel. We only have one ring with a closed back and it is an opaque stone so who knows. I don't take off my ring to wash my hands.

 

[Timor]

Not dust -- liquid seeping around the stone like when you wash your hands. I know the bezel can be snug but I don't know if it is watertight -- or if starts out virtually watertight but then life happens with a few bumps to the stone or bezel. We only have one ring with a closed back and it is an opaque stone so who knows. I don't take off my ring to wash my hands.

I see! Thanks for the caution, I will ask the bench about this.

 

[Avondale]

Thank you Avondale! I love the adjustment you made and might just copy it

Before you do, consider what an actually capable designer might come up with. I was just messing around in paint trying to show what I mean by intentional asymmetry. After all, technically all designed asymmetry is intentional, the mouse of the designer didn't just slip, you know?

 

[Timor]

Before you do, consider what an actually capable designer might come up with. I was just messing around in paint trying to show what I mean by intentional asymmetry. After all, technically all designed asymmetry is intentional, the mouse of the designer didn't just slip, you know?

That was a very good illustration! The bench I'm working with is more about execution than designing, so I'm trying really hard to visualize things first as much as possible,

 

[Timor]

Despite loving the asymmetrical design, I tried imagining it in the form and size of the gems and decided maybe play it safe this time after all So I kind of went back to the very first design, with a little addition on the arm. Yay or nay?